The report identified approximately 32,500 TikTok videos containing slogans promoting the populist candidate George Simion and former candidate Călin Georgescu. This year, TikTok implemented internal ...

Free and easy to use, AI tools have generated a flood of fake photos and videos of candidates or supporters saying things ...

By. On the 18 th of May, liberal, pro-European candidate Nicușor Dan was elected as the next President of Romania, defeating far-right nationalist George Simion in a ...

TikTok is helping facilitate the spread of disinformation and enhancing cyber security threats throughout Europe. The EU ...

Georgescu had cheated, Romania’s intelligence agency now said — his campaign had colluded with Russia, which had run a vast disinformation campaign on, it turned out, TikTok.

Georgescu, backed by a social media campaign linked to Russia, became a TikTok sensation, and in a matter of weeks he jumped from less than 1 percent in the polls to securing 23 percent of the ...

Around six months ago, the nationalist pro-Russian candidate Călin Georgescu came out of nowhere to win the first round of the country's presidential elections, boosted by an unprecedented TikTok ...

An independent think tank, Expert Forum, published a report saying Georgescu's explosive rise on TikTok was "created suddenly and artificially - consistent with the way he exploded in the polls".

Authorities say TikTok's algorithm was exploited in the November vote in three different ways: over 100 influencers for hire who posted paid content indirectly promoting Georgescu, thousands of ...

Declassified intelligence reports revealed a Russian-backed campaign to influence voters on social media, with a strong focus on TikTok. This led Georgescu, who is a fierce NATO and EU critic, to ...

Romania’s right-wing presidential frontrunner Călin Georgescu believes the charges against him are a "copy and ... accusations that Russia had launched a TikTok campaign to benefit Georgescu.

Romania's Constitutional Court is expected to rule on March 11 on whether populist politician Calin Georgescu can run in a May presidential election in a ... especially TikTok, to benefit Georgescu.